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Paul

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Paul is introduced as the narrator’s grandfather, a former US Navy sailor who met Lan in Vietnam, later diagnosed with cancer linked to Agent Orange. Paul appears via video call, watches Lan’s grave, and recounts his wartime history with Lan in Vietnamese. Grandfather Paul prepares pesto in his kitchen and clips mint leaves in the garden, observing the narrator’s movements.

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